Jimmy carter

Tom Porter, provided by Published 8:14 am CST, Friday, March 8, 2019 AP Photo/John Bazemore Former President Jimmy Carter has offered to travel to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Un in a bid to break the diplomatic stalemate between Washington and Pyongyang over denuclearization. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna told Politico that Carter had expressed a willingness to travel to the rogue state. He said that Carter's experience negotiating a denuclearization framework with Kim Jong Un's grandfather could be a vital asset to the Trump administration. Carter became the first US president to visit North Korea in 1994, where he met with Kim Il Sung, the country's former leader. Negotiations between Trump and Kim in Hanoi, Vietnam, broke down last week, leaving denuclearization negotiations in deadlock. Former President Jimmy Carter has offered to travel to North Korea to meet Kim Jong Un in a bid to break the diplomatic stalemate between Washington … [Read more...] about Former President Jimmy Carter offers to travel to North Korea to help Trump broker a nuclear deal with Kim Jong Un

Foreign Policy SAN FRANCISCO — Former President Jimmy Carter — who once brokered a nuclear agreement with Kim Jong Un’s grandfather in the 1990s — is offering to travel to North Korea to try and break President Donald Trump's deadlock with the North Korean dictator. The offer was described to POLITICO by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who met with the former president in Atlanta on Thursday. Story Continued Below In 1994, Carter became the first U.S. president ever to visit North Korea when he met with Kim Il Sung, the founder of North Korea and grandfather of the current leader, Kim Jong Un. Together, the two developed a bilateral, “step-by-step plan to get to the point of peace and work toward denuclearization,’’ Khanna said. Carter, now 94, no longer travels but told Khanna that he would go to North Korea if the Trump administration wanted his assistance. Khanna noted that Carter is “perhaps the only person in the nation” who had … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carter offers to visit North Korea to try to break nuclear stalemate

Will Lester, Associated Press Updated 9:02 pm PST, Saturday, February 16, 2019 FILE - In this May 17, 1983 file photo, W. Wilson Goode and his wife Velma smile as they react to the news on television of a heavy black voter turn out in west Philadelphia in the Democratic primary election at the Philadelphia Centre Hotel. Pollster Patrick Caddell is on right. Caddell, the pollster who helped propel Jimmy Carter in his longshot bid to win the presidency has died, a colleague said Saturday night, Feb. 16, 2019. He was 68. less FILE - In this May 17, 1983 file photo, W. Wilson Goode and his wife Velma smile as they react to the news on television of a heavy black voter turn out in west Philadelphia in the Democratic primary election ... more Photo: George Widman, AP Photo: George Widman, AP Image … [Read more...] about Patrick Caddell, pollster to Jimmy Carter, dies at 68

President Donald Trump recently claimed past presidents privately offered their support for his border wall, but there’s no evidence to support this. “I have not discussed the border wall with President Trump, and do not support him on the issue,” former President Jimmy Carter said in a statement. Carter echoed recent statements from former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Former President Barack Obama reportedly hasn’t spoken with Trump since Inauguration Day in 2017, and has repeatedly made it clear he opposes the president’s immigration policies. President Donald Trump recently claimed past presidents privately offered their support for his border wall and expressed regret they did not already build one, but there’s no evidence to support this. “This should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me, and they all know it,” Trump said of his wall during a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White … [Read more...] about Jimmy Carter slaps down Trump’s claim that past presidents privately supported a border wall